Brazil programs a 25,000-bbl/d unit for '85 and a twin for '88

Journal Article · Mon Jun 01 04:00:00 EDT 1981 · Eng. Min. J.; (United States)

OSTI ID:5502227

Petrobras has started construction of a 25,000 bpd shale oil module, the first of 2 units to be supplied from a strip mine that will provide an eventual 112,000 metric tons/day of mine-run oil shale and an ultimate 54,000-bpd shale oil recovery. Scheduled for initial production in 1985, the first retorting train will produce shale oil only, the equivalent of heavy diesel. Downstream upgrading, hydrotreating, gas cleaning, and by-product recovery units will be built concurrently with the second module, which is scheduled for production in 1988. Petrobras has researched intensely and developed its oil-from-shale Petrosix process at a 2200 metric tons/day prototype mine and processing plant. The process has been continuously tested since 1972 and has provided valuable information on design criteria, engineering parameters, operating conditions, and capital and operating costs of a commercial oil shale mining and processing venture on the Irati shales of Parana State.

• OSTI ID: 5502227
• Journal Information: Eng. Min. J.; (United States), Journal Name: Eng. Min. J.; (United States) Vol. 182:6; ISSN ENMJA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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04 OIL SHALES AND TAR SANDS
040402* -- Oil Shales & Tar Sands-- Surface Methods
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CHEMICAL REACTIONS
COMMERCIALIZATION
CONSTRUCTION
DECOMPOSITION
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
ENERGY SOURCES
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ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
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